Michael Pollan's "Eat Food" Diet

Eat food, "Food" defined as:

1. Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food

2. Avoid food products containing ingredients that are:
a. unfamiliar
b. unpronounceable
c. more than 5 in number
d. or that include high-fructose corn syrup

3. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle

4. Get out of the supermarket whenever possible

What to eat, mostly plants

1. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves

2. You are what what you eat eats too

3. If you have space, buy a freezer

4. Eat like an omnivore

5. Eat well-grown food from healthy soil

6. Eat wild foods when you can

7. Be the kind of person who takes supplements

8. Eat more like the French, Italians, Japanese, Indians, or Greeks

9. Regard non-traditional foods with skepticism

10. Don't look for a magic bullet in traditional diets

11. Have a glass of wine with dinner

Not too much: How to eat

1. Pay more, eat less

2. Eat meals

3. Do all your eating at a table

4. Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does

5. Try not to eat alone

6. Consult your gut

7. Eat slowly

8. Cook, and if you can, plant a garden